How To Build A Bulb Discharger
To make a bulb discharger, you will need the following:
-10 #1157 automotive bulbs
-approx. 2-3 feet of copper wire, not the braided kind
-soldering iron
-good 60/40 solder
-connector to fit your batteries
Making this discharger is very simple. First, cut the wire into 2 equal pieces. Next, take a piece of wire, and solder the bottom 2 "nubs" of a bulb near the end. Do the same with the rest. Look at the above sketch if you need help. When all 10 bulbs are soldered together on the bottom, then its time to solder the cans together. Take the second piece of wire, and solder it to each can. Once you've completed that, just cut the ends as long as you want them to be, and solder on your connector. There is no + and - for this, either way will work. Thats it!!! Your discharger should look something like that above. You can arrange the bulbs differently, but this is the simplist way. Now if you want to complete your discharge system, check out the how to build a cutoff device article.